Sunday, 8 April 2007

In case I don't make it back......

At midday today I will be attempting to run from Stanhope to somewhere near Middleton. Sounds good until you take the hills into account!

I hope I show more stamina then my mate's missus, Sarah, who had to "retire early" last night after drinking too much. You'd think she'd know better at "that" age. As for me, I consumed about 5 pints.....of diet coke! Oh and there was the small matter of a Chinese banquet. Great fuel for a run in the Pennines.

I'm currently on a fundraising campaign to run 20,000 miles Around The World in aid of charities in the North East of England.

Whilst not pursuing a world record, the run is following two aspects of the Guinness World Record criteria used, not in running, but in cycling for “fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle”; To travel a minimum of 18,000 miles (28,968 km) and to travel through two approximate antipodal points (i.e. opposite points on the planet).

The purpose of using the criteria is to, at least, give credibility to the claim that I, Run Geordie Run, will “run around the world”.

The distance of my chosen route is 20,000 miles (32,189 km) and it will take approximately 608 days (1 year and 243 days) to complete. The chosen antipodal points are La Coruña in Spain and Christchurch in New Zealand.

The run Around The World is split into 8 segments, some of which have been completed already: